AC45 Series Oman 2016: Practice Day Results

Fleet Photo: Artemis Racing. Results source: Americas Cup media. Official pics: Updated above by Ricardo Pinto ACEA 2016. —  Artemis had a great day at Oman for the practice day. They won both fleet races they prevailed over Oracle on a Match Race. Last night we informed on Adam Minoprio taking the helm of Groupama Team France, for a first day they have a really good one with a 3rd in Fleet race 1 and win over Artemis in MR. Good start for Minoprio beating Outteridge & Artemis who won 3 out of 4 today. Update: Just look new photo from Cammas congratulating Minoprio, Franck got himself a good backup. I also remember Yann Guichard when racing with Peyron’s Energy team as another French helm alernative for Groupama.

Last season Nathan and the swede team seemed a little out of pace, but they put heads up with a great win in the last stop. Artemis has one of the more consolidated teams in terms of a group bonding and sailing together. Past Cup experience, Bart Simpson’s memory and the excellent work done by the design and shore crew provides a solid base for them to build on, I see them fighting with Team New Zealand in the LV Challenger finals.

Fleet Race 1
Artemis Racing
Soft Bank Team Japan
Groupama Team France
Oracle Team USA
Land Rover BAR
Emirates Team New Zealand

Fleet Race 2
Artemis Racing
Oracle Team USA
Emirates Team New Zealand
Soft Bank Team Japan
Groupama Team France

Match Races
TNZ beat Groupama
Artemis beat Oracle
Japan beat BAR

Groupama beat Artemis
TNZ beat Japan
BAR beat Oracle